Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
Proverbs 2:20 - Revised Standard Version So you will walk in the way of good men and keep to the paths of the righteous. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So may you walk in the way of good men, and keep to the paths of the [consistently] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God). American Standard Version (1901) That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, And keep the paths of the righteous. Common English Bible So you should stay on the path of good people, guarding the road of the righteous. Catholic Public Domain Version So may you walk in the good way, and keep to the difficult paths of the just. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That thou mayst walk in a good way: and mayst keep the paths of the just. |
Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
I am a companion of all who fear thee, of those who keep thy precepts.
He who walks with wise men becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, which shines brighter and brighter until full day.
Thus says the Lord: “Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’
so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has not seen God.